LOT 2208
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Secondary Phase - Series G Type 3a - Portrait AR Sceatta 710-760 A.D.
Obv: diademed bust right holding in front a short cross, within a pelleted border. Rev: standard with three saltires and trefoil of pellets in fourth quarter, pellet in annulet in centre, within a beaded square. Extremely fine.(0.98 grams.).
ProvenanceEx late John Cross collection, Canterbury, UK.
Acquired Canterbury Auction Galleries, 3 October 2021, lot 569 (part).
Property of two Kent sisters, by gift from their parents.
S. 800; Abr.21; N. 43; see M. pp.267-270; M. p. 266-272.
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LOT 2208
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Secondary Phase - Series G Type 3a - Portrait AR Sceatta
Estimate £250 - 350€290 - 410 (for guidance only)$340 - 470 (for guidance only)
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Anglo-Saxon Coins - Harold II - London / Wulfgar - PAX Penny 1066 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,600
BMC type i. Obv: profile bust left with sceptre and +HAROLD REX ANGLOR: legend. Rev: PAX across centre between lines with +PVLGARONLVND legend starting at 10 o'clock for the moneyer Wulfgar at London mint. 1.24 grams.
Very fine; small crack at edge. Very rare.
Found near North Cockerington, Lincolnshire, UK, 2022. Recorded with Early Medieval Corpus, Cambridge, reference EMC 2022.0423. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Primary Phase - Series F - Portrait AR Sceatta 680-710 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Obv: profile bust with pelleted helmet right with XO behind and blundered legend with lozenge O. Rev: small cross in centre with annulets around blundered arrangement of letters with lozenge O, within a pelleted border. 1.25 grams.
Near extremely fine.
Ex late John Cross collection, Canterbury, UK. Acquired Canterbury Auction Galleries, 3 October 2021, lot 569 (part). Property of two Kent sisters, by gift from their parents. -
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Continental Issues - Series X - Wodan Bust AR Sceatta 695-740 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
Obv: facing 'Wodan' head with long hair and beard; pellet-ended cross each side, within a pelleted border. Rev: dragon beast left with head looking back over shoulder to right, swallowing tail and with prominent pellet-tipped phallus, within a pelleted border. 1.09 grams.
Extremely fine; near as struck.
Ex late John Cross collection, Canterbury, UK. Acquired Canterbury Auction Galleries, 3 October 2021, lot 569 (part). Property of two Kent sisters, by gift from their parents.
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